Description
Beginning in 1965, with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Atomic Energy Commission, Knudsen embarked on a multi phase study of ecosystem recovery on Enewetak Atoll (historically spelled Eniwetok) in the Marshall Islands. Between 1948 and 1958, a total of 43 nuclear tests were performed on Enewetak, including testing of the first hydrogen bomb on November 1, 1952.
During his nearly annual visits (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972), Knudsen and his students focused on studying the Enewetak Atoll birds (Pearson & Knudsen 1967) and crabs (Garth et al. 1987). The latter project’s three phases included: (1) an evaluation of the relationship between crabs and coral hosts (Knudsen 1967), (2) an evaluation of crab ecology (110 species), and (3) the publication of a detailed monograph of over 200 species of crabs discovered in the Marshall Islands (>35 had not been previously recorded there) (Garth et al. 1987). Multiple coral specimens collected in Enewetak by Knudsen are also part of the Burton T. Ostenson Museum collection of Pacific Lutheran University, where Knudsen taught.
* Pearson, D.L. and J.W. Knudsen (1967) Avifaunal records from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. The Condor 69(2): 201–203.
* Knudsen, J.W. (1967) Trapezia and Tetralia (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) as obligate ectoparasites of pocilloporid and acroporid corals. Pacific Science 21(1): 51–57.
* Garth, J.S., J. Haig, and J.W. Knudsen (1987) Crustacea Decapoda (Brachyura and Anomura) of Enewetak Atoll. Pp. 235–261 in Devaney, D.M., E.S. Reese, B.L. Burch, and P. Helfrich (eds.) The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll. Volume II. Biogeography and Systematics, DOE/EV/07003-T1-Vol. 2 (DE87006111). U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 595 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Samplingevent; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [11.488, 162.227], North East [11.488, 162.227] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Mollusca, Arthropoda, Annelida, Chordata |
| Class | Polychaeta, Bivalvia, Copepoda, Malacostraca, Teleostei |
| Order | Mysidacea, Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Galeommatida, Tanaidacea, Holocentriformes, Terebellida, Euphausiacea, Isopoda |
| Family | Leucosiidae, Dynomenidae, Holocentridae, Inachidae, Xanthidae, Pseudorhombilidae, Trapeziidae, Ocypodidae, Diogenidae, Sicyoniidae, Palicidae, Hippidae, Paguridae, Parthenopidae, Aethridae, Sesarmidae, Eriphiidae, Calappidae, Pseudoziidae, Portunidae, Plagusiidae, Gnathophyllidae, Sergestidae, Pasiphaeidae, Galatheidae, Chaetopteridae, Pilumnidae, Acidopsidae, Domeciidae, Oziidae, Coenobitidae, Porcellanidae, Percnidae, Goneplacidae, Varunidae, Planopilumnidae, Alpheidae, Dairidae, Cirratulidae, Albuneidae, Callianassidae, Galeommatidae, Macrophthalmidae, Epialtidae, Dacryopilumnidae, Majidae, Grapsidae, Tetraliidae, Gecarcinidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1965-02-04 / 1971-12-15 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | DigInTCN |
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| Identifier | DigInTCN |
The personnel involved in the project:
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | Digitizes who worked on this dataset: Lili Alvarado, Torriana Avery, Stella Baldwin, Addison Berg, Kali Bissanti, Raaif Bokhari, Ailani Bonilla, Emma Chickman, Diana Cuevas-Diaz, Saeed Dardas, Chloe DerGarabedian, Mackenzie Franks, Destinee Handly, Yui Hashiyada, Miguel Herrera, Halle Hunt, Hannah Joh, Kat Katish, Raney Kennedy, Haley Ku, Colton Liu, Riki Lopez, Chloé-Eloïse Mallet, Maude Malone, Wila Mannella, Savannah Masters, Anika Ricks, Welela Solomon, Calder Swiderski, Michael Veres, Christina Wang, Elisa Xia, Brandon Yanuskevich |
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=lacm_jwk |